The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-18
The Grand Success of the Farmers
Reunion.

The Farmers Encampment at Spartan
burg last week was grand success, de-
spite the bad weather. A correspondent
of the Neaos ant Courier, writing under
date of August 7th, says:
Our people are exceedingly gratifed
at the results of the encampment, and it
may be well to add few notes and sug'
gestions to the excellent and satisfactory
reports published in the Ne.cs and C0u'
rier. Nothing but words Of commenda'
tion are heard in regard to these reports
The Encampment was broken up before
the people got enough. Hundreds OF
persons came in on Saturday and desired
to see the State exhibit. Mr.. Roche had
to suspend his packing and let the show
go on nearly all day.
AS Snowman, I would like for the
people of this State to know that Mr.. E..
Il. Roche is success. He is patient,
attentive, courteous, and he knows how
70 arrange his exhibit in the most at
tractive manner. Spartanburg will elect
him to any Office he wants. This State
exhibit was grand feature of the En-
campment. 1t was a great and impressive
object lesson to our country people, and
those who saw it will never kick against
tax to enlarge this exhibit.
It is generally estimated that twenty.
FIVE thousand people visited the En-.
campment during the week. Many
others were prevented from coming by
rains and high waters. We have learned
that we can feed large crowd, because
on Saturday chickens, eggs and butter
were all abundant and chickens were as
cheap as they had been during the year.
We need better facilities for cooking and
serving the food and we will have them
next year.
There seems to be general desire to
90 little slower next year and make the
thiDglast longer. Chancellor Johnson,
who was on hand from the beginning to
the close, says that it ought to 60 on two
weeks. There were too many essays each
day and not enough time for general dis
cussions by farmers.
If all the men build tents for next year
who now say they will, the grounds will
have to be enlarged. Several persons
from the middle country talk of building
comfortable tents and keeping their
families here during August.
Every county in the State was repre-.
sented except Edgefeld, Lexington,
Georgetown, Williamsburg and Horny.
There may have been visitors from those
counties, but if $50, failed to find them
out. Next year every county must be
represented.
One of the pleasing features of the
meeting was the large number Of farmers
from the middle and lower part of the
State. The up country and low. country
prejudice will disappear from our politics
if the young people from these sections
mingle together and make lasting friend
ships.
The military encampment was an at
tractive part of the entertainment, and
thousands of persons witnessed the drills
and dress parades. The militia will be
more popular in the up country than
heretofore. Gen. Bonham has certainly
made success of this, his first encamp.
ment, and if he can get small appropri'
alton next winter he will have fine
military display here next summer.
Our local committee have noted q
score of improvements that will be made
next year. They are determined that
visitors from distance shall be taken
good care of and at reasonable rates.
The greatest inconvenienc this year
was want of transportation to the
grounds. All the roads coming here
were broken down and confusion o1
schedules resulted, consequently the spe.
cial train was very irregular. I think
the Richmond and Danville authorities
will have a special track by next year
and run from the Main street crossing.
The public needs demand that, and il
will pay the company.
The people were delighted to have
real. live Governor here for several days.
Governor Richardson mingled with the
people and made hundreds of acquaiu-
tances.